#5E4840#5E4840

#5E4840 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.033 H 40.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4840
RGB	rgb(94, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(16, 19%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(16, 32%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 31.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.67, 8.05, 8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.67, 11.63, 46.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.025 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.033 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8590, 7.3850, 5.8610)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4840 #40565E

analogous

#5E4047 #5E4840 #5E5740

triadic

#5E4840 #405E48 #48405E

tetradic

#5E4840 #475E40 #40565E #57405E

square

#5E4840 #475E40 #40565E #57405E

split-complementary

#5E4840 #405E57 #40475E

monochromatic

#15100E #3A2C27 #5E4840 #826459 #A28276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#5E4840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#5E4840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4840

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4840	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#644546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.033 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7b74',
    500: '#5e4840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4840;
$custom-light: #8c7b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42259,
    "c": 0.03301,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4840

secondary

#6C858D

accent

#A6BC6C

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EDED

border

#CBC8C8

text

#0C0908

muted

#7D7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4840

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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